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How to Remove Win7 AV and Major Defense Kit.

Win7 AV is a Rogue Anti-Spyware program. Win7 AV downloads and installs itself via a Trojan automatically without the users’ knowledge and consent.

When a user downloads Win7 AV and runs a scan, the program reports false scan alerts.

The user is then prompted to pay for a full license of the application in order to remove the threats.

The user is then prompted to pay for a full license of the application in order to remove the threats.


Type: Misleading Application
Name: Win7 AV
Website: gcounter.cn (Site already blocked by Google)
Risk Impact: Medium
Systems Affected: Windows 7
Behavior: Win7 AV is a misleading application that may give exaggerated reports of threats on the computer.

How to Remove Win7 AV

Manual Win7 AV Removal

Win7 AV processes:

Win7Browser.exe
Win7 AV.exe

Win7 AV DLLs:

VmDetectLibrary.dll
svhostqt.dll
svhostesl.dll
sbhostcl.dll

Other malicious Win7 AV files:

Win7Browser.exe
Win7 AV.exe
VmDetectLibrary.dll
svhostqt.dll
svhostesl.dll
sbhostcl.dll

Automatic Removal

Download and install SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. Both security programs come with free versions.

I recommend that you run multiple passes of SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.


Major Defense Kit is a Rogue Anti-Spyware program. Major Defense Kit downloads and installs itself via a Trojan automatically without the users knowledge and consent. When a user downloads Major Defense Kit and runs a scan, the program reports false scan alerts. The user is then prompted to pay for a full license of the application in order to remove the threats.


Type: Misleading Application
Name: Major Defense Kit
Website: Unknown
Risk Impact: Medium
Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows XP and Windows 7
Behavior: Major Defense Kit is a misleading application that may give exaggerated reports of threats on the computer.

How to Remove Major Defense Kit

Major Defense Kit Removal

Major Defense Kit processes:

antispy.exe
defender.exe
tmp.exe

Major Defense Kit registry values:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PAV
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “WarnonBadCertRecving” = “0″
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “WarnOnPostRedirect” = “0″
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “tmp”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce “SelfdelNT”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon “Shell” = “%UserProfile%\Application Data\antispy.exe”

Other malicious Major Defense Kit files:

%UserProfile%\Application Data\PAV\
%UserProfile%\Application Data\antispy.exe
%UserProfile%\Application Data\defender.exe
%UserProfile%\Application Data\tmp.exe
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp\kjkkklklj.bat

Automatic Removal

Download and install SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. Both security programs come with free versions.

I recommend that you run multiple passes of SUPERAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.



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